This map appeared in Algemeene Weereld-Beschryving, nae de Rechte Verdeeling der Landschappen, Plaetsen, Zeeën, Rivieren, &c. Geographisch, Politisch, Historisch, Chronologisch en Genealogisch, a Dutch edition of A. Phérotée de la Croix's Nouvelle Methode Pour Apprendre Facilement la Geographie Universelle, which first appeared in 1690. The Dutch edition was published by Francois Halma and included 98 maps and views. Halma acquired many of the plates for Algemeene Weereld-Beschryving from Joannes Ribbius, who had enlisted the services of engraver Antoine de Winter to make copies of the maps in Nicolas Sanson's quarto atlases of the four continents. De Winter made very few geographical changes and maintained the attribution to Sanson on the newly engraved plates. Halma supplemented the Sanson maps with about a dozen new maps engraved in the same style as Sanson's, without any attribution on the maps, as well as 23 panoramic views of famous cities around the world. This is one of the maps that Halma had engraved in the same style as Sanson's maps, showing the Kingdom of Ireland. The map shows the provinces of Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught noted, but no county divisions shown. The major towns, topography and forests are all shown in a charming, pictorial manner. Graced with a pair of decorative cartouches.

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Condition: A

A crisp impression on watermarked paper with light toning along the edges of the sheet.